Richland beacon., 1887-12-31
A TRAINS SPEEDY TRIP.
ENGINEER POST S DARING RUN TO
SAVE A MANS NECK.
DashinS over Rough Track at
lightning Spced-A Lynchin.
that was Only POSTPONED.

Dashing over Rough Track at
lightning Spced-A IynchinS
that was Only Postponed.
Zone Of the best ana wiIhal the most
daring engineers on the Union Pacific
was, and still is, Ere Post of Cheyenne.
said one of the Rocky Mountain dele
gates to the convention of the Brother
hood. Nv hen Post is on an engine h"
doesn't seem to know what fear Is. He
Las hal passenger engines dozens oi
times, but it wouldn't b. long before he
would make some reckless run, Just fpr
the daring of the thing, and then h.
would be sent back to a freight run
again. 1t seems to he almost iml oS>iblc
for him to run on schedule timc-hc
i>n't happy unless he can let her out for
every revolution there is in her. One OF
his flash runs was from Cheyenne to
Greeley, Colorado, and over To
Fort Collins, and then back again
to Cheyenne. \ special was made up in
Cheyenne To 80 ovcrto Fort Collins after
a murderer named MoShlcr. Post was
ordered to take odd 400, the fastest en-
ginc on the road, and a way car was at
tachcd for the party Of officers. Among
the passengers were Sheriff SharplcsS,
several deputy ,hcriilN, some newspaper
men, a few prominent citizens, and Mr.
deuel., the Superintendent of the road.
The trf had the right Of way, and
everything was ordered on the side
tracks until the special passed. You see,
the case was an important one, and, as 1t
resulted in one of the most famous lynch
ings ever known in the far West, is worth
telling.
The man Moshicr was a lOv-livcd
assassin who had shot several people. lie
was tramping over the lonely trail be
tween Chevcnnc and the Black Hills one
day when he met a frcightcr. who pichcd
him up and fed him and let him ride 10
CHEYENNE. The frcightcr also hld a
passenger in young man who had lived
near For; Laramie, and who was on hi,
way to his former home in Iowa. Tn"
outfit consisted of a big prairie schooner.
trail wagon, and sixteen mules. When
the end of the Journey was reached the
party campcd on the prairie, about three
miles from Cheyenne, and near the GOV
crnmcnt ost of Fort Russell. The
early the next morning, load the wagons
with goods for the Black Hills, and com,
back i'll the evening To the same camping
ground. The mu cS were turned ont tC
Craze on the rich upland gra,s. and, as
the night was threatening, all three mcr
spread their blankets in one of the III
wagons. During the night MoShicr Go'
up, and, taking an aNe. struck the sleep
ing frcightcr blow on the head. sup
posing he had killcl him, he next
struck the passenger, flacturinS his skull
But the man raised up, and, woundc ~
he was, grapplcd with the murderer, toof
the axe away from him and threw it on
of the wagon. Moshicr then shot th'
man three times A soldier at the pos
going out on a duck hGnt passed not fa
from the wagons AID heard the shootin =
Returning to the post he obtained ~
sistancc, and an investigation resulted II
finding the bodies of the two mcA, bu
Moshicr had fled The frcightcr Wa
unconscious, but the passenger, iIhou%i
mortally wounded, was able 20 make
diving statement to an Episcopal CLERGY
man aud TO the prosecuting attorn Y
Unfortunately. he didn't know Mo~hicr'
name. lie died that afternoon. 1t cam
out that the murderer intended to XII
his bcncfactor and his fellow passenger
dump their bodies into one OF III
wagons, hook up the mules, and driv
of with the whole Outfit. 1t night |.
would bury the bodies, build Il big cam
fire over their graves to hide the spot
and take the wagons and mules to som
part Gf the country where he could SCI
the outfit, which was worth about $500
THE people were indignant over tn
dastardly crime, AID the other frc!@htc:
were wild with anger. Big rcwar Is WEI
offered by the Territory and by pr a;
citizens, and hundreds of men Ca,iopc
over the country in search oi the muI
dercr. Three days af;crwar'l, and m"c
to the surprise Of cvcrybo ly, the irci%h'c
rcraincd consciousness. He told Wl.o III
murderer was, and then many pcopl
knew the man they were puslin.
Several days after he was captured b
Sweeney, oil Fort Collins, Co!o:aio.
The Sheriff Of Cheyenne feared
Iynching, and so a special train wa
secretly made up to go t. Fort Coll n
and get back before d,ylight. Engincc
; Post was in his element, for he was cY
pcctcd to make fast time. The scc:Io
of the road between Grccly and Fort Co
| lins was new and rol.h. There were :
tonarv seats on each side of the way-cal
and a few common chair sat on ia
floor. In one half of the car were bunk
for the use of the train men, and I'll
Sheriff and the Superintendent lai
DOWN on these to sleep. Post had abo0
, reraincd his standing from his last csc
[ padc, ard had Il chance TO diotinTu,>
himself in the presence of the Supcrll
ten !clt, but ins.cad OF running wit
, express speed he turned her over f.
Q every stroke there was in her. odd 10
| plunged into the night his, ing and 70!
Y ing like demon and a maniac in on
i. The wav-car rolled from side to side :
v Violently that it was impossible to sit
o III, chairs. Every little while Il
| wheels would strike the end of son
r rail that was not joined cvcnl
= and the car would give a lurC
which threatened to land
in the ditch. While the train was rus
ing to apparent destruction, Post lc
the engine and came ba-k into Il
car moment. as happy a man cou